Trypi (Greek: Τρύπη) is a village in Laconia, located in the Peloponnese region of Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the Community of Trypi and is part of the Municipal Unit of Mystras, within the Municipality of Sparta.[2]
Trypi
Τρύπη | |
|---|---|
  Trypi | |
| Coordinates: 37°05′33.7″N 22°21′06.6″E / 37.092694°N 22.351833°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Laconia |
| Municipality | Sparti |
| Municipal unit | Mystras |
| Elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 134 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geographical data
editTrypi is located at an altitude of 402 meters,[3] along the Sparta-Kalamata-Pylos road, known as National Road 82, and has a population of 161 residents, according to the 2011 Census.[4][dead link]
Historical data
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Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote that, according to what he was told in Sparta, the villagers of Trypi and nearby Anavryti, though adherents of Christianity, were believed to be of Jewish origin and were regarded as Jews by other locals.[5][6] According to a local priest, "when Holy St Nikon the Penitent, the apostle of the Laconians, converted our ancestors to Christianity, these people were living in the plain. They took refuge up in the goat-rocks, and have lived there ever since. They go to church, they take the sacraments. They are good people but they are Jews all right."[5] He also mentions that Greek scholar Nikos Bees described Trypi as "a foretown of Mistra, Jewish Trypi."[5]
Kaiadas cave chasm
editNear the settlement of Trypi and next to the Kalamata-Sparta road, which crosses Mount Taygetos, lies the well-known Kaiadas cave chasm, famous since late antiquity.[7]
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References
edit- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "E-GO.GR - ΤΡΥΠΗ ΛΑΚΩΝΙΑΣ".
- ^ "BUK.GR - ΤΡΥΠΗ".
- ^ "ΑΠΟΓΡΑΦΗ 2011 (ΦΕΚ 699Β - 20/03/2014, σελ. 312 από 444)" (PDF).
- ^ a b c Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese. London, Penguin Books, 1984, pp. 1‒2, 10
- ^ Busine, Aude, ed. (2015). Religious practices and Christianization of the late antique city (4th-7th cent.). Religions in the Graeco-Roman world. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 199. ISBN 978-90-04-29460-8.
- ^ "LAKONIA MOBI - ΚΑΙΑΔΑΣ". Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-08-17.